Monday, June 3, 2013

Weather in a jar

We love doing fun and simple science experiments that tie into learning. We have been talking about weather, so I put together 3 fun weather science experiments you can do using a jar.

Make your own rain in a jar. All you need is a jar, coffee filter, rubber band, and dropper.

I placed the coffee filter over the top of the jar and put rubber band around it. Then I placed colored water in a container and let the kids use a dropper to place water on the coffee filter. Once the coffee filter absorbed the water it dripped like rain.

Here are some facts about rain that we looked up.

Rain is an important part of the water cycle. Learn how it works with our page explaining the water cycle for kids.

Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form of water droplets, this is called precipitation.